The Official FFVII Remake (That Is Not Likely To Happen Anytime Soon) Thread

[Mercen-X]

the above picture strikes me as a cross between Final Fantasy VII, Halo (or whatever other 3PS it's supposed to be) and Jak & Daxter (though in greater detail).

[Shishikabob]

Okay saw this on another forum and was like "lol what? Seriously?"

Take what you will of it, I won't believe it until I see some actual SCANS but here you go:

FFVII Remake




-New Battle System like the previous DS FFs
-Aerith's death will be CG along with other scenes
-Cloud cries when Aerith dies
-New music, the songs are "The Tables Have Turned" and "Till Death Do Us
Part" that will be sampled at E3
-No more date mechanics, Aerith's date is going to be used
-It was hard to get the rights to do this and that's one reason they
didn't announce it sooner
-Cloud and Tifa's scene in the lifestream will have more emotion
-It seems to be called "The Earth's Cries" (EC, lol)
-The interview seems to be out of order (??)
-The reason they didn't do a PS3 one was because it'd be too much work and
it might ruin the "classic" feel.
-The DSi will have a special version"

[G13]

That looks like Alundra meets VII. I don't think a remake would look so ty, unless it was for the DS.

[Shishikabob]

If you mean the one I posted, it is for the DS.

[No.78]

I would rather they remade V for the DS, then VI and then VII maybe.

I really hope they don't invest so much time into a PS3 remake of VII, that game is so damn oversaturated. I really don't think it's deserving of all the special treatment!

[Shishikabob]

Oh i forgot I posted that here

uh April Fools to ... no one cause no one bought it anyway
(just in case someone reads it later)

[ChickenHeart]

They'd tone it down alot, they'd change the "this guy are sick" line, and proberly other scenes such as the scene where tifa calls barret a retard. Shame if they did make it, and take out that humour :/
Also, what would happen if you found yuffie as tifa, in the orginal, yuffie calls tifa 'boobs!' :S

[York Azelas]

FInal Fantasy VII is being remade and will be released in the Summer of 2012. it has been fully remastered in the great image of Crisis Core and Advent Children with the full Plot and Background of the original Final Fantasy VII as well as the same Storyline and Charachters with the added plus of Revolutionary Graphics. This Game will Revolutionize the way games are made and played for the next 10 Generations.

[Loony BoB]

Actually, they've stated time and time again that it's not yet being remade. As per the rest of this thread. If you're going to make bold statements (pun!) like that you should probably back it up with a link to where you got your information from.

[Rostum]

I know it's fake, but that DS remake would be kind of cool.

[Suikojowy]

Just wondering for people who want a remake

Have you played the original?
What got you into Final Fantasy?

[unjust]

since its my favorie of ff and i still have the original it would be good to see a remake with better graphics.

[Antheta]

CEO: We'll 'Explore the Possibility' of Final Fantasy VII Remake


Creative types like game directors saying they'd love to do a remake of Final Fantasy VII, that's one thing. But now the CEO himself says the company will, at least, "explore the possibility" of doing so.
Yoichi Wada, the president and chief executive of Square Enix, told Siliconera that the company has heard its fans' pleadings to remake FFVII, made nearly 13 years ago for the original PlayStation.
"Right now we don't have a clear direction, but many fans have requested we remake Final Fantasy VII," Wada said. "We're going to explore the possibility - whether or not we're going to do it, if we're going to do it, and the platform."
Previously, Final Fantasy XIII director Motomu Toriyama said Final Fantasy VII was the remak he wanted to do most. "If we can get the number of people we need by all means that would be the one I would really want to remake."
Before that, Yoshinori Kitase, the director of Final Fantasy VII (and producer of FFXIII) pegged the likelihood of a FFVII remake to Square Enix's ability to finish such a project inside of a year. "But if any such situation came about by any remote chance, then yes, we'd do it!" Kitase said.
So who knows. Doing it inside of a year sounds nigh impossible, but it may no longer be an operative statement. Siliconera dropped this as a teaser for a more complete interview later, implying that Wada might be thinking about a PSP remake. More whenever that comes out.
Square Enix CEO Comments On Final Fantasy VII Remake [Siliconera]

Reference Link: CEO: We'll 'Explore the Possibility' of Final Fantasy VII Remake


Post 2: In case you haven't yet completely given up hope for a Final Fantasy VII remake on the PlayStation 3, here is Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase with yet another proclamation of how very unlikely it is to happen. Speaking to TechDigest, Kitase explained that the sheer amount of work and development time that a remake would require makes the prospect "pretty unrealistic." "If it were possible that we had all the right facilities and the right environment to be able to make and prepare a Final Fantasy VII remake within a year, we'd very much like a go at it," Kitase said, with a very obvious "but" looming on the horizon. "But even Final Fantasy XIII has taken over three and a half years to create. If we were to recreate final Fantasy VII with the same level of graphical detail as you see in Final Fantasy XIII, we'd imagine that that would take as much as three or four times longer than the three and a half years it has taken to put this Final Fantasy together! So it's looking pretty unrealistic to happen!"
So in other words, according to the man who would probably know best, it apparently could conceivably take up to twelve years to make a FFVII remake with the same graphical quality as FFXIII. We're not sure if that was an exaggeration, but it's no wonder Kitase says it's "looking pretty unrealistic."
This also echoes similar comments Kitase made earlier this month, when he said that it's "very hard to make games on PlayStation 3 in the same style as the games in [FFVII's] era had. Making graphics will take an enormous time." He explained that's also part of the reason FFXIII is more linear than past Final Fantasy games.
Still, Kitase did say that if by "any remote chance" it were possible to do the remake in less time, they would. But by the sound of it, you're probably better off lowering your hopes, FFVII fans.

Link for this post: FFVII Remake 'Looking Pretty Unrealistic'


Post 3: No, Square Enix isn't working on a Final Fantasy VII remake right now. They apparently have their reasons for ignoring a potential mountain of cash though, starting with this one -- it would be hard to make. In a recent interview with Ultimania magazine (via Lost Gamer), producer Yoshinori Kitase and Motomu Toriyama noted that part of the reason Final Fantasy XIII lacks towns is that they are difficult to design for high-definition graphics.
"It is a result of considering HD graphics will be the mainstream. Considering the amount of work to make graphics that deserve HD, it is hard to make towns in the conventional style," Toriyama said.
"In the limited period of development time, to convey the the great story that deserves the name of Final Fantasy, and to convey the battles that entertain players enough, we condensed each element."
Kitase added that this same problem applies to any potential Final Fantasy VII remake, "It is very hard to make games on PlayStation 3 in the same style as the games in that era had. Making graphics will take enormous time."
Rumors of a Final Fantasy VII remake started with the famous tech demo above, which was created to show what was possible on the PS3 before it launched. Square Enix has denied such rumors on numerous occasions, but they persist to this day.
At the moment, Square Enix is preparing for the release of Final Fantasy XIII, with FFXIV to follow sometime soon. Once those games are out of the gate, maybe we can start thinking about an FFVII remake.

Link for this post: Final Fantasy VII Style Difficult to Translate to HD, Square Enix Says


Post 4: So anyway that's enough research for this. Even though many people would love to see this game redone digitally and maybe have some stuff added in to add to the story and the game in the end it seems Sqaure Enix is simply one thing... lazy. So the only way this game will happen is if hundred of fans get together get some degress in graphic design and computer game design, get hired at Sqaure Enix and make the game their own secret project.

So yeah I would say it's not going to happen unless they just become extremely greedy for money or decide to listen to fans.

Hi Antheta! Thanks for all that info, but please keep it to one post if you have more to add when your post is the last in the thread, since we discourage consecutive posting on this forum except in special cases. I have merged your posts for you this time, but please consider that in the future. Thank you! -Rantzien

[DarkOrigins]

A remake of FF VII should include the following:

1) Improved Graphics

2) Improved Script (Including making it more clear Sephiroth is in control. Though it can be proved from the game, it almost makes more sense if Jenova were to be in control. Not sure if that can be fixed with an improved script though. )

3) Reasons to use different characters other then their limit breaks. Cause lets face it, by mid game, its more about the materia combination then the actual characters.

4) GOOD VOICE ACTING! I don't care if you won't be able to name characters any more, cause good voice acting adds a lot to a game. IF they can't get good VA's, just stick with text and picking your own names.

5) Some mechanic change like they did with IV DS and Augments. Not the same of course, but something new to add to gameplay.

6) At least once, I want to see Barrets massive black penis.

I haven't read the rest of the thread...a heinous crime, but I had to point this out.

If they change the mechanics, then it isn't really FF7 anymore. It's like I make people call FFIV DS FFIV-2. That remake was horrible.

Also I hope to god if they do remake this that they get the right voice actors AND STICK TO THE CHARACTERS ORIGINAL CHARACTERS! I got so pissed off when Square brought out Advent Children and everyone started calling Cloud EMO. In FF7 he isn't much, at least until the momentous scene which is justified. And even then, not FF8 style EMO. God..

[Jaffer]

I like how they whine about it taking too long to make it FFXIII graphics when Kitase acknowledges that pleadings for a remake have been around for 13 years. Nobodies asking for Final Fantasy XIII style graphics plus complete non-linear storyline.